@whalent/agent@0.3.433
Stable wrapper for Whalent Agent core runtime
AI Security Review
scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiNo automatic install hook or concrete exfiltration behavior was found, but the opaque executable has broad local execution capability. This warrants a warning rather than publication block.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user runs the whalent CLI.
Impact
The CLI could access local resources and execute processes with the invoking user's permissions.
Mechanism
Obfuscated daemon and local kernel execution.
AI rationale
No automatic install hook or concrete exfiltration behavior was found, but the opaque executable has broad local execution capability. This warrants a warning rather than publication block.
Evidence
dist/index.cjsdist/jupyter_sidecar.py
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 80.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The published CLI entry point is heavily obfuscated, preventing meaningful audit of its runtime behavior.
- The obfuscated entry point imports filesystem, operating-system, and child-process functionality and starts a daemon when the CLI runs.
- The package includes a Jupyter sidecar that starts a Python kernel, adding code-execution capability.
Evidence against
- package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook; its only lifecycle script is prepublishOnly.
- No fixed network endpoint or explicit credential-exfiltration path was recoverable from the static source.
- The Python sidecar is readable and its kernel launch is part of its stated runtime role.
Behavioral surface
DynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystem
HighEntropyStringsMinifiedPossibleObfuscationTrivial
NoLicense
Source & flagged code
5 flagged · loading sourcedist/index.cjsView file
1#!/usr/bin/env node
L2: 'use strict';(function(_0x2f91bb,_0x3647a8){const _0x37d719=_0x2f91bb();function _0x16c05b(_0x344cff,_0x25b4bc,_0x2b8b2a,_0x441fb9){return a0_0x36f1(_0x2b8b2a-0x2c4,_0x441fb9);}fun...
High
Obfuscated Payload Loader
Source contains an obfuscated payload loader that reconstructs and executes hidden code.
dist/index.cjsView on unpkg · L11#!/usr/bin/env node
L2: 'use strict';(function(_0x2f91bb,_0x3647a8){const _0x37d719=_0x2f91bb();function _0x16c05b(_0x344cff,_0x25b4bc,_0x2b8b2a,_0x441fb9){return a0_0x36f1(_0x2b8b2a-0x2c4,_0x441fb9);}fun...
Medium
Dynamic Require
Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.
dist/index.cjsView on unpkg · L1dist/jupyter_sidecar.pyView file
•path = dist/jupyter_sidecar.py
kind = build_helper
sizeBytes = 18590
magicHex = [redacted]
Medium
Ships Build Helper
Findings
1 High6 Medium5 Low
HighObfuscated Payload Loaderdist/index.cjs
MediumDynamic Requiredist/index.cjs
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumShips Build Helperdist/jupyter_sidecar.py
MediumOversized Source Filedist/core.cjs
MediumOversized Cli Entrypointdist/core.cjs
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowNon Install Lifecycle Scripts
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowNo License
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @whalent/agent@0.3.433.
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- Review the evidence and your use of @whalent/agent@0.3.433 before allowing it. Restrict the permissions described in this report.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
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